William L. Averill

1748 -

• Name	William L. Averill
  Birth	1748	Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Phillips Cemetery, North East, Erie, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I80590	Whipple Descendants | Ancestors of Richard Allen Whipple
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jabez Averill,   c. 15 Jun 1707, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts d. 27 Apr 1776 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Rachel "Dolly" Buxton   d. 5 May 1776
  Marriage	5 Jan 1738	Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F65883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bethiah Whipple,   b. 16 Mar 1760, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut d. 8 Jul 1830, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1779	Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Children	1. Susannah Averill,   b. 24 May 1780, Preston, New London, Connecticut d. 17 Mar 1788 (Age 7 years)   2. Rebecca Averill,   b. 14 Dec 1782, Preston, New London, Connecticut + 3. William Avery or Averill, Captain,   b. 21 Jan 1785, Preston, New London, Connecticut d. 13 May 1836, Belfast, Waldo, Maine (Age 51 years)   4. Lydia Averill,   b. 16 Aug 1786, Preston, New London, Connecticut   5. Jasper Averill,   b. 27 Oct 1788, Preston, New London, Connecticut + 6. Clarissa Averill,   b. 30 Jul 1790, Preston, New London, Connecticut d. 10 Mar 1879, Piqua, Miami, Ohio (Age 88 years) + 7. Gideon Averill,   b. 6 Feb 1792, Preston, New London, Connecticut + 8. Loring Averill,   b. 8 Nov 1793, Preston, New London, Connecticut d. 1840, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age 46 years) + 9. Stephen Averill,   b. 13 Jul 1795, Windham, Windham, Connecticut d. 3 Feb 1842, North East, Erie, Pennsylvania (Age 46 years)   10. Susannah Averill,   b. 15 Apr 1799, Preston, New London, Connecticut   11. Fanna Averill,   b. 23 Feb 1801, Preston, New London, Connecticut   12. Charles Averill,   b. Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F34604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1748 - Preston, New London, Connecticut Marriage - 20 Jan 1779 - Preston, New London, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Esther Campbell Jackson (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 6 Jul 2003. !SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), 2:G231. !SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 152953606, cited 30 Mar 2025. Gives birth 20 Aug 1749 in Connecticut. (Previously entered as 1748 in Preston, New London, Connecticut).